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>Hello,
>
>
>
>We're excited to announce the national television premiere of Busting Out,
>the acclaimed documentary about the history and politics of America's
>obsession with the female breast.
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>Busting Out will air on Showtime, October 12, at 11 p.m. (West coast
>viewers
>may see Busting Out on Showtime East at 8pm - check your local listings)
>
>The Showtime website lists additional airdates:
>http://www.sho.com/site/schedules/product_page.do?seriesid=0
><http://www.sho.com/site/schedules/product_page.do?seriesid=0&episodeid=1254
>07> &episodeid=125407
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>Thanks so much to all the friends and supporters of Busting Out. It's been
>more than six years since this project began, and we couldn't have done it
>without you!
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>All the Best,
>
>Laurel and Francine
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>Watch the trailer:
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>Windows Media version: http://pws.cablespeed.com/~lbs/BustingOutTrailer.wmv
>
>Real Player version: http://pws.cablespeed.com/~lbs/BustingOutTrailer.rm
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>
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>To purchase copies of the film, please order from our distributor, Bullfrog
>Films:
>
>http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/bust.html (individual use copies are
>available at a reduced fee, please call 1-800-543-FROG for info.)
>
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>A Film That Will Challenge How You Think About Breasts
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>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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>CONTACT:
>
>Laurel Spellman Smith, [log in to unmask]
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>Francine Strickwerda, [log in to unmask]
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>
>
>Please call Bullfrog Films 1-800-543-3764 [log in to unmask] for a
>review tape and additional press materials
>
>
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>Running Time: 57 minutes
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>US Release Date: 2005
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>URL: www.stiritup.com
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>SHOWTIME AIRS TV PREMIERE OF THE DOCUMENTARY
>
>"BUSTING OUT"
>
>A Provocative, Revealing Look at Breast Obsession in America
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>Seattle, WA (Sept. 15, 2005) - SHOWTIME has set a world cable TV premiere
>for Busting Out, a disarmingly honest and intimate documentary exploration
>of our society's attitudes towards breasts. Busting Out uncovers the
>history
>and politics of an American obsession, and how it affects women's health
>and
>happiness. The film, co-directed by noted documentary producers Francine
>Strickwerda and Laurel Spellman Smith, is scheduled to debut on SHOWTIME
>Wednesday, October 12 at 11 PM - 12 AM (ET/PT).
>
>
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>Busting Out combines personal story-telling with devastating analysis,
>heartfelt case histories with occasionally humorous perspectives, and frank
>talk of sexual subjects with the sweet innocence of a young girl shopping
>for her first bra. Told from the perspective of co-producer Strickwerda,
>who lost her mother to breast cancer as a child, Busting Out is a revealing
>glimpse into the world of being female. From breast-obsessed men shouting
>"flash those racks!" to the horrors of breast cancer and the differences in
>attitudes among cultures worldwide, Busting Out leaves no stone unturned in
>its quest to demystify the American breast.
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>Francine Strickwerda and Laurel Spellman Smith are available for interviews
>about the documentary or issues raised in the film that may be relevant to
>your coverage of Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October.
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>What people are saying about Busting Out
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>
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>"In a country where a flash of breast on television can incur a crackdown
>of
>puritanical proportions, Busting Out may be the proper antidote."
>-International Documentary Magazine
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>"You don't have to visit Hooters to understand how prevalent and
>controversial women's breasts are in our culture: Just watch a beer
>commercial, peruse a magazine rack, or read your spam.. Of course, most of
>us know there's more to breasts than sex, suds, and sin. This film from
>Laurel Spellman Smith and Francine Strickwerda delves into the American
>obsession with breasts through a mix of cheeky humor, historical detail,
>and
>striking intimacy. Strickwerda, who lost her mother to breast cancer,
>discusses the tragedy and its influence on her own transformation from girl
>to woman.. Along the way we encounter a wide array of fascinating and
>moving
>stories from breast cancer survivors, breast-feeding advocates, burlesque
>dancers, doctors, a girl going to buy her first bra, and, yes, a few guys,
>some a bit more enlightened than others.. Busting Out will strike a
>poignant
>and personal chord with women because many of Strickwerda's experiences,
>and
>those described throughout the film, are universal. And yet the work is
>also
>successful because it resonates with men as well. Ultimately the doc is a
>celebration of womanhood from a distinctly 21st-century perspective."
>-Caroline Palmer, City Pages, Minneapolis
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>"Busting Out wittily, poignantly balances the political and the personal."
>-The Pioneer Press, St. Paul
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>"Informative, entertaining and, at times, touching look at what it means to
>have breasts in a culture that values them as sex objects above all else."
>-
>Seattle Post Intelligencer
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>About the Directors/Producers/Writers
>
>
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>Francine Strickwerda began her career as a reporter for daily and weekly
>newspapers in Washington and Idaho. She took her award-winning journalism
>skills into the emerging field of multimedia, and finally into television.
>She was a producer on the national PBS programs Affluenza and Escape from
>Affluenza, as well as national PBS Web sites. Francine is a graduate of
>Washington State University's Murrow School of Communication.
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>
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>Laurel Spellman Smith is a two-time regional EmmyR Award-winning producer
>of
>national and local programs for PBS including the critically acclaimed
>feature documentary Faith and Fear: The Children of Krishna, The NewsHour
>with Jim Lehrer and 9 short documentaries on subjects ranging from a
>Tibetan
>refuge family to perfume to a child jazz prodigy. She graduated from
>Evergreen State College with a degree in cultural anthropology/film.
>
>
>
>About SHOWTIME
>
>Showtime Networks Inc. (SNI), which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Viacom
>Inc., owns the premium television networks SHOWTIMER, THE MOVIE CHANNELT
>and
>FLIXR, as well as the multiplex channels SHOWTIMER TOOT, SHOWTIMER
>SHOWCASE,
>SHOWTIME EXTREMER, SHOWTIME BEYONDR, SHOWTIME NEXTR, SHOWTIME WOMENR,
>SHOWTIME FAMILYZONER and TMC xtra. SNI also offers SHOWTIME HDR, THE MOVIE
>CHANNEL HDR, SHOWTIME ON DEMANDR and THE MOVIE CHANNEL ON DEMANDT. SNI also
>is an owner of the premium television network SUNDANCE CHANNELR, which is a
>venture between NBC Universal, Robert Redford, and Showtime Networks Inc.
>All SNI feeds provide enhanced sound using Dolby Digital 5.1. SNI markets
>and distributes sports and entertainment events for exhibition to
>subscribers on a pay-per-view basis through SHOWTIMER PPV. Additionally,
>the advertiser-supported television network SHOWTIME is available in Turkey
>through a joint venture with UK-based Zone Vision.
>
>
>
>Emmy is a registered trademark of the Academy of Television Arts and
>Sciences.
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